Master Canva Animations in No Time - Here's How! (Canva Tutorial 2023)

[@NataliaKalinska]

You can try out Canva Pro for FREE for 30 days by following this link 👉 natalia.link/canva 💻 (Canva removed the 45-day trials in April 2024)

[@Underrated_2003]

Thanx 👍

[@wephotogal]

Super video! I have the Pro version and love all of the tools and freedom with using Canva. Just now learning to make animations for IG and my Etsy shop.

[@NataliaKalinska]

How amazing! ✨ Thank you so much for watching and I’m so happy you’ve enjoyed the video. Canva sure is a blessing! With all the new updates, it sure is easier to get creative. Good luck on your journey! 🍀❤️

[@SKoreyYTC]

OK Natalia, here we go: 1. I like your idea of practicing. If not already included, I suggest you have exercises as part of your upcoming course. A universal rule may be that we all learn better by doing rather than only watching. Doing takes it to another level in everybody's mind. I have been going into Canva creating blank pages/scenes, calling them test 1 or practice, placing just text, or playing with images, or both, and selecting different animations, changing timing, and adding transitions. I have wanted to see how everything acts. I have wanted to become familiar with all of the different animations and transitions. I guess you could say my first objective is to know all of the options that are out there. Now, I think it becomes a different question as to where or how to start a new design. If you have ideas in your mind visually, do you still find it better to sketch them out on paper first, or try to go to the computer? I suppose the answer may vary by person and by experience level. And as a new Canva user, it is hard to have an idea in your mind that you would like to execute, and then when you get on Canva with a blank screen, try to actualize that idea. 2. Looking at your channel, it appears you also use Cap Cut. I am not familiar with it, but from doing a search, I understand it is another video editor. Are your YT videos done with a combination or Canva alone? In particular, in this video at the :20 second mark, how do you slide your video over, and add the slight gradient background at the right? The text you add on the background is done with a consistent animation and element timing, but I cannot figure out how to do the former part. It is an effect I would like to have in my arsenal. 3. The best part of any of your videos is when you go beyond the surface explanation of how something works and get into and show a creative application of what and how you can use a feature or element. In this video, a great example of that is your search of green screen backgrounds, but with the purpose of plucking out a piece from it like the 'Subscribe' button. 4. Borrowing from another video, your most recent video on the 6 things you must know before you use Canva, I had already gone and starred a number of templates. I am looking to create a variety of different testimonial formats. I wanted to go through the testimonial templates and put the ones I liked into a folder called 'Testimonials'. Seems to make sense so far, right? It would be a lot more efficient to be able to either put a template directly in a folder, or to move a template from the starred folder directly to a named folder. I could only get a template in the Testimonials folder after putting it in the editor. I wrote Canva support. The answer was poor and the result of the person not even understanding what I was trying to do. I would have thought that was something they have already thought of because their offering is full of so many templates. So, is there an efficient way to organize favorite templates into folders? Starred works to an extent until you have more than 1 template category type for which you would want to use many different templates. 5. Along those lines, I think having a page in front of and a page behind a testimonial makes the whole thing more effective. It can tell more of a story. So, I want to find and match a front page and back page template to a testimonial template. Any suggestions? I am thinking of going back to the testimonial templates I like and looking up their keywords, i.e., style and so forth and look for matching styles for the front and back page. Any ideas for search terms for these templates? I looked up Thank you. I may be wrong, but the style between pages should match and not clash. Perhaps I should have sent this in an email. But if there are any other subscribers that read all of this, do you either have any ideas here or was this helpful to you too? Thanks, Scott

[@NataliaKalinska]

Hi Scott, thank you for your detailed comment! I’ll try to address all the points for you: 1. Practicing is absolutely key and I strongly believe that we learn the most through action. I intend to include practical assignments for the course so that the skills you gain are being developed and tested as you follow along. I’m happy that you’re already experimenting with new designs and all the features. Ultimately, that’s how you get comfortable with a tool and your creativity gets unlocked. In terms of starting a new design, I’m usually going to the editor straight away so I don’t necessarily need to sketch it out beforehand but I know a lot of people do prefer it. I think it comes down to workflows and different creative personalities. I also believe that with more practice and experience, it’s easier to just bring your ideas to life without having another vector to actualize it. We’re having a full circle moment here… the more you practice, the easier is to translate your vision into a design 😊 2. Yes, I use CapCut for some of my short form video content. I feel like the app has everything I need when I want to create something quickly and on the go, using my phone only. I very (very!) rarely use Canva for my videos and if I do, it’s usually for experimentation, fun animated projects or simple short videos like this one: instagram.com/p/Ct9OdRyJaRY/. Not saying that there’s anything wrong with it, but as someone who learned editing on traditional software, I’m used to some functionalities that Canva simply lacks for now. I use DaVinci Resolve for my long form video content (KZbin videos, commercial projects, course work) and Descript (repurposing into short form, more elaborate Reels/TikToks etc.). The animation around 0:20 was done in DaVinci. It’s a video gradient I created in Canva with a green background I removed. I then added text and animated it via keyframes in DaVinci. It can be done with Canva but it’s a little bit clumsier. Here’s a template I created for you which shows how it’s done: natalia.link/video-points-animation-canva. Forgive me if it’s glitchy, I put it together in 5 minutes! Just because of how Canva works especially when using transitions with one continuous video, I would probably just create the overlay animation with all the text there on a green background, download it as MP4 and then reupload to use on top of a video in Canva. It’s very hard to explain all of it in a text form, but hopefully you understand what I mean 😊 3. This has always been my goal so I’m glad it translates. Thank you so much! 4. In terms of our Starred items, it’s unfortunately not possible to organize them into folders for now. That being said, this feature has been requested many many times and I believe the Canva team have it on their radar. Fingers crossed that we get it soon! One workaround would be to actually open these templates so that they become projects in your Canva account and then organize them into folders within folders. It’s possible when you’re a Pro user. These could work almost like your master templates or you could save them as brand templates too. 5. Telling a story vs just sharing a testimonial will always be a more engaging way of showing social proof. To find similar style of templates, you can use keywords as you mention, or you could simply check out the creator of this template. Chances are, they have more templates in the same style since designers often develop a specific aesthetic. Over time, once you get more comfortable creating designs from scratch, you could come up with your own “version” of the original template to build on. I don’t always have the time to reply to longer comments but I think you’ve asked many very interesting questions and I’m glad you opted for a comment rather than an email. This way, someone else might benefit from it and I’m all about community here. So thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and asking openly! All the best, Natalia

[@fabioromolo]

Thanks, the last part made me understand how to better play with “match and move” transition. And yes, having videos with you guiding through the creation of a specific content in Canva is always a good way to learn how to improve our skills, especially when we don’t use the tool every day. I still remember you creating the IG carousel which helped me a lot in beginning to use Canva. PS: For a moment I thought you were taping this video at 6.30 am :-)

[@NataliaKalinska]

Wonderful, that’s what it’s all about! I’m happy you’ve found something helpful here and thank you for sharing your feedback too! I’ll pop the video on my list then ✨ Oh, and it’s definitely pm, I’m a night owl for life. At 6.30am I can only blankly stare out the window, waiting for the energy to kick in 😵‍💫😅

[@kat090106]

This was great. I'm new to Canva. Would love to see a step-by-step tutorial on the last custom animation!

[@NataliaKalinska]

Amazing! Thank you so much and it's on my list to create soon-ish! 😊

[@WalkingAsset]

Great video straight to the point with no fluff / bs. Easy sub

[@NataliaKalinska]

Yay, happy to have you here and I’m glad this one was helpful to you! ✨

[@NattyGymMotivation]

Thanks, the video is helpful. I am trying to figure out how to combine 2 images with a slider line on them to reveal a Before & After picture.

[@GoldenK9Campers]

Great video Natalia. The step by step practice would be awesome. Can't wait for your next one.

[@courtcrea.]

Great video! I absolutely love Canva's buildt-in animations. They make it so easy to get creative!

[@NataliaKalinska]

Love to hear it! Thank you so much for watching 🙌 I completely agree and sometimes I feel like the animation capabilities in Canva are slept on ✨

[@courtcrea.]

Oh yes! Definitely. @@NataliaKalinska

[@stephanieannesley7336]

This is great! A tutorial on the last graphics would be awesome💕

[@NataliaKalinska]

That’s amazing, thanks for letting me know, Stephanie! 🙏🏻❤️

[@sanarais4208]

Can you please guide how to make an animation for the last one?

[@petitepixiegraphicdesign]

This was very helpful! Thanks for the video!

[@sharonwaite6507]

Would love a guided project! Great idea

[@NataliaKalinska]

Amazing, thanks for taking the time to comment, Sharon! I’ll make sure to record it soon then 🙏🏻✨

[@realtorandherscooter]

This is fantastic 😍 yes a tutorial would be awesome 👏🏼

Great stuff! The Match and move transition is amazing. I use Canva a lot and I had no idea I could do that! Thanks

[@NataliaKalinska]

It absolutely is! I use this transition 90% of the time 😁 And I'm not surprised, we all use Canva in different ways and there are so many hidden gems that we may not be aware of. Happy to hear you've discovered something new here, Marta! 😊

[@GilLivne]

Great video. Thanks Natalia.

[@GoldenK9Campers]

Oh boy.. looking forward to this one !!

[@NataliaKalinska]

Hope you have fun with this one Darrell! ✨🙌

[@runycalmera-business]

This is great. How can I tell a story with moving cartoons? Like a car moving. Two stick people walking etc?❤❤❤❤❤

[@adhd_coach_katherine]

🎉 your videos are so helpful! Thank you.

[@imboredDB]

Hi, im having trouble moving the finger from subscribe to like and clicking both. Any suggestions? Thanks!

[@donnarobertsgroup]

When I add animations like "pop" it only works if i set it to happen on click instead of automatic and when its on click it does it during the transition and not when the page is up. Some cool things it can do but very frustrating having certain ones not work properly.

[@BrianStroub]

Thanks so much for this gives me some ideas on a channel iam thinking about making.

[@NataliaKalinska]

That’s so amazing to hear! What kind of channel are you thinking of starting? ✨

[@BrianStroub]

@@NataliaKalinska thanks for replying I appreciate it very much. Well I have a channel already but it's not doing so well and it's a sleep and yoga channel using different sounds and music. But I am taking the plunge and doing something else and starting a channel giving "old dude" advice lol

[@Weezeeskids]

Hi Natalia, thank you for all your videos. These have helped me a great deal. I still feel stuck though trying to take the ai character Canva and I created to use her in longer videos, branding, etc. Now when I put in the same prompt that found her, she is another girl entirely. Help! How can I make this character walk and talk in future videos for my kids channel?

[@carpediemwithLesli]

How do you make animated lines like going from point A to point B on a map? Going doing curves and turns and such. I know that After Effects does it but I was hoping that I could do it thru Canva? Help!

[@NataliaKalinska]

These are generally quite advanced for Canva but you could try using Create an Animation and see how well it works for your use cases 😊

[@grafikundgestaltung]

Thank you!

[@gratefulgrows]

Would love a tutorial on your graphic setup 😀

[@NataliaKalinska]

That’s an interesting idea! ✨ What would you like to see in a video like this?

[@ihdaahafiz.333]

Thank you , very useful. Please make a video on how to use canva to make kids' cartoon

[@NataliaKalinska]

I’m so happy you’ve enjoyed it! ✨ My area of expertise is content marketing so I don’t think I’d be able to record a video on how to create kids’ cartoons in Canva. There’s a cool effect for photos in Canva called Prisma which can help you transform portraits into cartoon-like images but beyond that, I’m afraid it’s not something I can help with.

[@RiteshSinha-n8r]

Hi thanks for the tutorial. How can I avoid black screen thumbnail, when we upload the video on social media.

[@NataliaKalinska]

Hi there, you’re very welcome! Which platform are you uploading to?

[@RiteshSinha-n8r]

@@NataliaKalinska Hi Natalia, i had uploaded on Insta.

[@NataliaKalinska]

What’s your IG handle? 🙌

[@MuhammadRizwan-xe1wb]

how do you have that timeline at the bottom? when creating animation?

[@NataliaKalinska]

It’s available straight away when you choose a video design. If you want this timeline to appear on any other type of a design, click the arrow that appears in the middle of the bottom panel (close to the zoom functionalities) and then click Duration to the left of that panel. I hope that explains it but I’m happy to show you more if you can’t find it!

[@sheepinthemidst]

Can you add a voice recording to it, so you can time your animations?

[@NataliaKalinska]

You can upload an audio file with your recorded voice, absolutely! Then you just drag it to the audio track and adjust the clips the way you like 😊

[@sheepinthemidst]

@@NataliaKalinska thanks.

[@s.grabinska5827]

Jak sobie pomyślę ile się kiedyś namęczyłam z utworzeniem animacji w iMovie , PowerPoint, Keynote to canva w Twoim wydaniu wydaje się krokiem milowym do przodu. Jeszcze nie testowałam canvy, bo dopiero oglądam twoje tutoriale, ale jestem JUŻ pod wielkim wrażeniem jak intuicyjny jest ten program. I jak szerokie ma zastosowanie! Czy są jakieś ograniczenia co do wielkości (pliku) tworzenia pokazów, animacji w wersji bezpłatnej? Czy canva nadaje sie do prezentacji zdjęć/video na dużym ekranie (np.kinowym)?

[@TheKetoKittyGamer]

I want to make tee shirt designs, Everywhere I look it is ANIMATED. I have watched a lot of your videos, I do not want to do photos just little cartoon characters. I can not find it in your videos on how to do this. Have you made one?

[@PlayZoney]

Thank you so much

[@NataliaKalinska]

You’re very welcome! ✨ I hope it helps you create really engaging animated videos 🍀

[@PlayZoney]

@@NataliaKalinska I hope so too, I'm really trying to help my 9 year old daughter with her channel 😊

[@NataliaKalinska]

That’s so wholesome! How’s it going so far? 😊

[@PlayZoney]

@@NataliaKalinska Thank you 🥰 she's my only child and I promised her this 2 years ago however, I wasn't keeping well and could start the channel until November of 2022. I've so far managed to get her to 918 subs till today but the watch hours are not getting done.

[@NataliaKalinska]

So beautiful! 🥰 Way to go on nearly 1000 subs! That’s the toughest to get to and it definitely takes a lot of time and effort so well done! Keeping my fingers crossed that you’ll get the watch time quickly 🤞

[@loveonlytee483]

A question please, if i want to use the images/templates from Canva on my youtube videos, do i have to pay anything or anyone or they are free? Still learning how to ise canva, thank you for these videos

[@NataliaKalinska]

As I’m not a legal representative, please take a look at Canva’s own licensing policy here: www.canva.com/policies/content-license-agreement/. It’s all explained from point 5 onwards. In general, you can use the images/templates on your KZbin channel. Of course, there are free and Pro elements in the library. Depending on the type of account you have, you may need to purchase elements or have Canva Pro to access the Pro elements.

[@loveonlytee483]

@@NataliaKalinska Thank you so much for your detailed answer. Appreciate it

[@carlabrauer7303]

If I have a photo uploaded, how do I animate it?

[@NataliaKalinska]

Place it on the canvas, select it and the Animate tab should appear in the top panel above.

[@GoldenK9Campers]

Huh.. that's interesting. Putting the timeline on the intro page.. cool..

[@NataliaKalinska]

I’m glad you like it! Anything to make it easier for everyone to navigate. Also, I think it helps set the tone for what can be expected of the video.

[@GoldenK9Campers]

@@NataliaKalinska That's a really great idea.

[@AmysExquisiteGifts]

I like Canva i just wish there was a way to time the animations for each individual animation so they aren't all moving at one time. I create a lot of flyers and I am looking for something else for some of these extra options i need. This was a great tutorial. I watched it even though I knew how to do all you were talking about lol

[@PlayZoney]

Hi I have emailed you Pamela

[@astxrismworld6349]

your eyeshades are not blended well :)

[@NataliaKalinska]

It’s the light. Hope it didn’t ruin the knowledge I’m sharing here 😁

[@brittneycheray5204]

That was completely unnecessary and had nothing to do with the video.

[@brittneycheray5204]

And not at all, Natalia! Great video!

[@StevieMoon25]

If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all. This is a great tutorial, not a place for you to troll.